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Trump gaining on Clinton nationally

“I think Donald Trump, bar none relative to Hillary Clinton, it’s not even close”, Bevin told reporters after having breakfast with the Kentucky delegation to the Republican National Convention.

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“Let’s fight the oppressive government of Hillary Clinton by electing Donald Trump the next president of the greatest country in the world”, Day said.

While the Republicans began their highly anticipated national convention, Hillary Clinton opted to use the time to talk to teachers at the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers in Minneapolis. RNC live coverage from ABC NewsPat Smith says she blames Clinton – who was secretary of state – “personally” for her son’s death. “She doesn’t get the real threats America faces”, Christie said.

Donald Trump’s selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate was a good choice, according to New York State voters at 43-21 percent, but 59 percent of voters do not know enough about Pence to form an opinion of him.

NBC anchor Lester Holt commented on the tone when NBC signed on with coverage at 10 p.m.: “It seems we’ve heard more about Hillary Clinton than the economy”.

“She deserves to be in stripes”, Smith said.

Trump’s biggest advantage comes in the way voters envision him handling terrorist group ISIS and voters also prefer him on the issue of handling taxes.

“You take them from the political appointee side into the civil service side, in order to try to set up… roadblocks for your successor, kind of like when all the Clinton people took all the Ws off the keyboard when George Bush was coming into the White House”.

Forty-three percent of likely voters supported Clinton in the July 15-19 poll, while 36 percent supported Trump.

Pew found that Trump’s Twitter posts were retweeted an average of around 6,000 times, compared to 2,500 for Sanders and just 1,500 for Clinton.

Speaking to long-standing Democratic allies, Mrs Clinton noted Mr Trump’s shadowy appearance before he introduced his wife, Melania Trump, but made no mention of allegations that she lifted passages of her speech from first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 address.

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“To think that she would do something like that knowing how scrutinized her speech was going to be last night is just really absurd”, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman said Tuesday during a news conference. But the weeklong gathering pales in comparison to the scope of a president’s responsibilities as head of the USA government. Tiffany is the candidate’s 22-year-old daughter from his marriage to Marla Maples.

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